Smokehouse



QA. L. KANE. rSMOKEHOUSE. APPLICATION FILED'SEPT. i4 1920.y

Patented JulyI 5, 1921 INI/EN T0 jwifeliwwl; @me

, LA. L. KANE.

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- n.. TTURHEY AURELIAN L. KANE, OF OSSINING, NEW YORK.

SMOKEHOUSE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

yPaten.ted July 5. i921.

Application filed September 147 1920. Serial No. 410,190.

To MU '1071 0m. 'it 7n (1.3/ con cern Be it known that I, UnnLIAN L. Karin, a citizen oi? the United States, and a resident ot Ussining, in the county of Westchester' and State of New York, have invented rertain new and uset'ul Improvements in Smokellouses, ol which the `following` is a specification.

rihe invention relates to apparatus Jfor smokingl and curing food products. such as sausages7 ham, fish and the like; aud it has for its object a smoke house or compari;` ment in which the smoking of the products will be effected with a, minimum shrinlqage of same and with a superior quality resulting therefrom. To this end, the invention consists in providing a housing); or easing wherein heating as well as smoking appa,- ratus is provided and in manner such that no cool draft from below the products will be permitted to reach saine during' the treat-` ment; also, wherein a too rapid cooling ot the air is prevented :lifter the dryinzg` burners are shut of".

The nature of the invention will best be understood when described in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section ot' the irnproved smoke house. n

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section tl reottaten on the line Figi'. i, iookintg in the direction ot the arrows; and ifi is a da tail view of the heat storage portion oi the apparatus.

Similar characters ot' reference designate corresponding' parts throughout the several views.

Referring' to the drawings, l() designates a suitable housingor easing in the iowes oortion of which sawdustor simiiar matei'ial is designed to be supplied through an opening or door 11,'Said sawdust being ignited by thimcs from a gas pipe E23 extcuding; over same and having huriur openings 15% therein directed toward said sawdust. lifhe sawdust will generate the smoke YFor curing the food products as in the weil-knmvn method ot' providin'tr the smoke and no chum is made to same per se.

.iibove the opening" or door il and in the iq'ipermost portion of the housing are mount ed scitabie shelves orracks i4: for supporting the produ/ts (not shown) 'to be treated, the same being hun@` ti reen 1n any non venient manner., Between these racks and oi heat of the drying chamber after this l gras supply means is shut ofi', as well as to prevent actual contact of cool air drafts with the food products, which air may enter during` the smoking operation when the door 1l is opened to introduce an additional supply of sawdust. heat retaining means in the nature ot` series ot bailes l? are mounted over the pipes or gas supplying means l5 and the flames therefrom directed against same. in this manner, any cool air entering' through the door ll must iirst pass through the baiile plates li' and he thereby warmed, it being understood that the lower burners 13 are used especially tor the burning ot' sawdust to produce the smoke for curinu. The heat retainers may be' of standard tire brick and are designed to accumulate the heat as well as-to bai'ile the iianics which are directed thereto., so that no direct iafne will strike food products to be huiugr above same.

in, tuyeration, i have found that it is well to first heat the smoke house by means olf the burners 'ii` for example. trom 10W to 'l h1.. during which time roi'isiderable heat wid be atceumuiated by the lire brick. The food in'oducts are then run into the smoke house aii'er tiret heine' air dried as mmh as possihie and are allowed to remain at the above tenmeraiurc in the :fmoke house until thowugjhiy dried. Thereupon, the lower homers 5? are lighted to ignite the sawdust on 'rhc ol' the lire pit and the de-y sired smoke produced. The: burners lo are thru either turned ofi entirely, or gradually, to aiow the temperature to grad tally dro i to 1i HWF. which ttmiperature is maintained', substantially. during1 the smoking process.

he tire brick during this period acts to maintain a. more or less uniform temperatare and prevent any sudden iiuctuation, it beingi anderstofal, oi course7 that some heat ill. aise be. supplied by the lower burners i. In this manne-r. a satisfactory control temperature is po. ibie, excessive shrinkes beings; avoided and superior )roducts l. 1n apparatus oil the character described:

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the Combination with a housing; of means for supporting, in the upper portion thereof, products to be smoked, said housing` beingr adapted to contain smoke producing material in the lower portion thereof; gas supply means to ignite said smoke producing` material; additional gas supplymeans; and heat retaining; material above said `additional gas supply means and below the support tor said products.,

Q, in apparatus of the character described the combination with a housing; of means for supportin;,'` in the upper portion thereof, products to be smokedv` and a door below same, said housing boing adapted to contain smoke producing material in the lower portion thereof; gas supply means to ignite said smoke producing material; additional gas supply means above the said door; and heat retaining material above said additional gas supply means and below the support for said product-s.

ln apparatus of the character set forth: the Combination with a housing; of means for burning therein smoke producing material; heat producing means beyond the said burning means; and heat retaining means associated with said heat producing means and through which the smoke produced may pass. l

Signed at New York, inthe county of New York and State of New York, this 9th day o1 September7 A. D. 1920.

- URELIAN L. KANE. 

